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From Loudersound.
Dinosaur Jr. have just released new single Garden, the second track taken from Sweep It Into Space, their soon-to-be-released album coming April 23 via Jagjaguwar.
The new single is accompanied by a deceptively simple video that features the band hanging out together in snowy weather, while animations by Chloe Hemingway and illustrations courtesy of John Moloney swirl around them. On the face of it, it seems like a pretty ordinary scene – trippy visuals aside – and is even filmed through an iPhone camera. But Garden is designed to be the antidote to troubling times, and is in fact a gentle reminder to take a step back from the chaos of life’s complexities.
Bassist /vocalist Lou Barlow explains: “Everyone seemed to want a disruption in the order of American life, it seemed necessary. Then it happened. [This song] began as a bitter lamentation but as I was finishing the lyrics, singing over the instrumental version of the song while driving to J’s through the miles of farmland that separate his studio in Amherst and my home in Greenfield (Massachusetts), I saw a sign on a shed: Back to the Garden. I was looking for a resolution, where do we go when faced with such dramatic confusion? Back to basics, back home, back to the garden.”
Explaining the low-key video, he continues: “There wasn’t a video planned for the song but since my wife Adelle and I had started making holiday ‘specials’ for my YouTube channel this past December, we thought we could knock one out for Garden.
“Adelle thought we should incorporate the whimsical paintings of Dinosaur Jr’s tour manager John Moloney. He routinely dashes off caricatures of J, Murph and I when we travel. I told John about our ideas and he thought it would be easy to video the band playing the song.”
“So, John and Adelle quickly captured the band playing the song on their iPhones on a cold February afternoon and I edited it all together in iMovie. Then we had Chloe, the real vid expert at Jagjaguwar, put the paintings by John and Adelle into the mix, and that’s it!”
Dinosaur Jr. will also be playing a livestream performance on May 1. Tickets are available now.
1. I Ain’t
2. I Met the Stones
3. To Be Waiting
4. I Ran Away
5. Garden
6. Hide Another Round
7. And Me
8. I Expect It Always
9. Take It Back
10. N Say
11. Walking To You
12. You Wonder
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- Dinosaur Jr - Beyond - UK - CD album - £11.99, $15.47, €14.27 (New Item) (arrived 18-Jun-2024 17:18)on July 27, 2024 at 12:36 am
DINOSAUR JR Beyond (2007 UK 11-track CD album - The long-awaited album from the reunited original line-up of J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph, retains their original, raw and distorted sound, whilst reflecting a changed, perhaps more mature approach to songwriting, including the single 'Been There All The Time')
- Dinosaur Jr - Fossils - US - vinyl LP - £40.00, $51.60, €47.60 (Back In Stock) (arrived 14-Jun-2024 08:34)on July 27, 2024 at 12:36 am
DINOSAUR JR Fossils (1991 US SST Records 8-track compilation vinyl LP, with picture sleeve. Including Little Fury Things, Just Like Heaven and Freak Scene. The sleeve shows some minor wear, and aside from one or two hairline paper scuffs, thevinyl remains in excellent condition SST275)
- Dinosaur Jr - Fossils - US - vinyl LP - £40.00, $51.60, €47.60 (New Item) (arrived 13-Jun-2024 11:31)on July 27, 2024 at 12:36 am
DINOSAUR JR Fossils (1991 US SST Records 8-track compilation vinyl LP, with picture sleeve. Including Little Fury Things, Just Like Heaven and Freak Scene. The sleeve shows some minor wear, and aside from one or two hairline paper scuffs, thevinyl remains in excellent condition SST275)
- Dinosaur Jr - Just Like Heaven - Etched - UK - 12" vinyl - £15.00, $19.35, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 10-Jun-2024 10:57)on July 27, 2024 at 12:36 am
DINOSAUR JR Just Like Heaven (1989 UK 3-track single-sided etched 12" vinyl single, also featuring Thrown Down and Chunks, glossy picture sleeve BFFP47T)
- Dinosaur Jr - Bug - 1st - Misprint - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $45.15, €41.65 (New Item) (arrived 17-May-2024 13:15)on July 27, 2024 at 12:36 am
DINOSAUR JR Bug (Original 1988 UK first press 9-track Direct Metal Mastered vinyl LP on the Blast First label with the plain white background [and 'Mascis' incorrectly misprinted as Maskis], including the classic 'Freak Scene', the proto-shoegaze (and very reminiscent of late 90's emo) banger 'No Bones' and the harrowing 'Don't' where Lou Barlow infamously spills his guts relating to his tenuous and strained relationship with frontman J Mascis. The glossy picture sleeve has just light signs of shelfwear to the edges while the vinyl shows some very faint cosmetic scuffs not impacting play - Even though it's not Mascis' favourite, it remains a very influential record to several branches of alternative rock and contains some of the best DJ deep cuts! BFFP31)
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